The_Celestial_Warrior wrote:
Camaasi Noble for a YVH?!!! Heck no!
It's really not that hard to match half or more of the RCM from DOTF. I can really understand people not wanting to shell out 50 or 60 for Revan, that's truly understandable, but don't just brush it off because of it.
When people build competitive squads they tend to use that same one in Regionals, anywhere from 1-5 for some people, Gencon and various games in between. If it happens to be Revan, think about it, you're at least getting his worth out of it. If not no big deal.
Poggle the Lesser - Geonosian Overseer. Oh no, he's from an older set! Yeah, and still he cost like .49 definately doable if you need a couple of other things to account for the shipping costs.
In the end though, if you go without the RCM it's gotta be close. No way would I accept a Boma in place of a Destroyer Droid. Use a Sith Heavy Assault Droid or any other large based droid like the Chameleon.
Also when you go without the RCM try to avoid using pieces that could normally go in your squad. IOW, Fringe and your Faction of choice. If it's unavoidable, make sure it's clearly marked. A little paint here and there really doesn't ruin the mini and is still perfectly usable as whatever it normally is.
I pretty much agree with these points.
I think it's fine to not use the RCM, but try to get something at least sort of close (I don't own any Destroyer Droids, but I have 3 Chameleon Droids. They will play the part of Destroyers whenever I want to run the Mark II). It's even better if you take a piece that isn't the RCM and customize it into something that does look like the RCM. I'd be willing to let someone use a Krath War Droid, or a Super Battle Droid, or really almost any other medium based droid for a YVH, as long as it isn't a duplicate of something else in the squad (if you're running a bunch of SBDs, you can't use one of them as a YVH).
I think when it comes to using inexpensive or more available pieces, that should be done when possible. For example, Ben Skywalker in DotF could have used Luke Skywalkyer, Jedi Knight from Rebel Storm as the RCM. But that would be silly when they have Luke Skywalker, Jedi from KotOR that looks almost the same (same looking Luke, just a different pose).
As for things like Vong and Mandos, that is a bit of a sticky wicket. I think Mandos are being covered by things like Stormtroopers and Clone Troopers or other dudes in armor. While it's not perfect, it works. Vong are more difficult since really nothing looks much like a Vong other than a Vong. We're probably going to have to start using other aliens (like Rodians or Twileks) to represent Vong pieces, unfortunately.